Pavise

[hector212121]

Basically, you should be able to tell someone to carry a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavise so when they get into combat, they automatically deploy it and use it as, say, 40-60% cover. While carrying it, they'd get a slight movement reduction.

[Toggle]

I think I support. Basically, a building you can place that just requires the shield as the ingredient and has practically no building time. So functions like the sandbag, although would need code added in to build out of inventory on deploy n such...

You could make that one out of wood, steel, but you could also make a more modern one out of plasteel as a separate item.

[Kryc8]

Good idea it would make tribes raids more 'FUN'

[Wex]

It would make high melee skill important. Because on both carring the same equipment, the best one will strike more often than not.

[hector212121]

No, no, for ranged people. Spike you drive into the ground, you know?

Read the wiki page.

[b0rsuk]

There are other ways to fight it off, like molotov cocktail and incendiary launcher.

It could be interesting if it came around Smithing. You'd have some low tech of boosting defense before Machining.